Triple

T12657550
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Happy New Year (1987 film) E302323 entity
Predicate characterPlayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Charlie – Charles Durning
Charlie, played by Charles Durning in the 1987 film "Happy New Year," is a key supporting character portrayed by the acclaimed American character actor known for his versatile roles in both comedy and drama.
E995363 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Charlie – Charles Durning | Statement: [Happy New Year (1987 film), characterPlayedBy, Charlie – Charles Durning]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlie – Charles Durning
Context triple: [Happy New Year (1987 film), characterPlayedBy, Charlie – Charles Durning]
  • A. Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn was an American character actor known for his distinguished, often avuncular screen presence in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including an Academy Award-winning role in "The More the Merrier."
  • B. Ken Bates
    Ken Bates is a British businessman best known for his long and controversial tenure as chairman and owner of Chelsea Football Club before later taking over Leeds United.
  • C. Joe Comfort
    Joe Comfort was an American jazz double bassist known for his work in prominent ensembles and recordings, including with the Nat King Cole Trio.
  • D. Woodie
    Woodie is a central character known for embodying the laid-back, carefree spirit associated with "good vibes."
  • E. James Dooley
    James Dooley is a composer best known for creating dramatic, cinematic music often used in film, television, and trailer scores.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Charlie – Charles Durning
Triple: [Happy New Year (1987 film), characterPlayedBy, Charlie – Charles Durning]
Generated description
Charlie, played by Charles Durning in the 1987 film "Happy New Year," is a key supporting character portrayed by the acclaimed American character actor known for his versatile roles in both comedy and drama.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlie – Charles Durning
Target entity description: Charlie, played by Charles Durning in the 1987 film "Happy New Year," is a key supporting character portrayed by the acclaimed American character actor known for his versatile roles in both comedy and drama.
  • A. Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn was an American character actor known for his distinguished, often avuncular screen presence in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including an Academy Award-winning role in "The More the Merrier."
  • B. Ken Bates
    Ken Bates is a British businessman best known for his long and controversial tenure as chairman and owner of Chelsea Football Club before later taking over Leeds United.
  • C. Joe Comfort
    Joe Comfort was an American jazz double bassist known for his work in prominent ensembles and recordings, including with the Nat King Cole Trio.
  • D. Woodie
    Woodie is a central character known for embodying the laid-back, carefree spirit associated with "good vibes."
  • E. James Dooley
    James Dooley is a composer best known for creating dramatic, cinematic music often used in film, television, and trailer scores.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d7bded71a88190bb76e2413af9ea66 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d961636db8819099c438b24bcfd866 completed April 10, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f668832c7081909eb75429efba493e completed May 2, 2026, 9:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6697e3a688190abd025df1112feba completed May 2, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f66a9230608190bfe99290ca1679fa completed May 2, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:19 p.m.